Updated On: 25 February, 2022 10:39 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Samant, who is Maharashtra's Higher and Technical Education Minister, has made the same demand in separate letters to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

Indian students return from Ukraine following advisories from the Indian embassy amid growing tension between Russia and Ukraine. Photo/ANI
Maharashtra minister Uday Samant has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to make arrangements for the safe return of 1,200 students from the state, who are currently studying in Ukraine, against which Russia has launched a military operation.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on Thursday following weeks of high tension.